Cultivation of immortality in the family

Chapter 256 Unwritten Rules

Originally, Su Mu had thought that if there was a chance, he would wait until after helping Cang Qing in the third level before returning to Huoxi Island.

After all, Su Mu gained a lot in the Five Elements Secret Realm.

Even if he didn't immediately understand the arrangement of the teleportation array, he had secretly memorized the location of the starlight points. As long as the time was right, he could always understand it.

Unexpectedly, Cang Qing and other three monks who advanced to the next round were taken to an unknown location. It must be that the third level test can only be conducted by one person without the help of outsiders.

Therefore, Su Mu arranged things here, and after properly settling Su Hao and others, he took the teleportation array back to Kunlu City alone.

Perhaps due to Su Mu's gains in the Five Elements Secret Realm, when he set foot on the teleportation array again, he no longer had a blank look at its use, but had some preliminary understanding.

However, the teleportation array involves the Law of the Void, and with Su Mu's current level of cultivation, he can only understand it at this level.

Perhaps, either he would advance to the Nascent Soul stage, or become a fourth-level formation mage, then he would be able to learn more.

Therefore, Su Mu had to put his thoughts aside for the time being and leave it to the future.

After returning to Kunlu City, Su Mu handed over the external elixir that he had just refined and was in line with Cai Tianhui's spiritual roots into the hands of the other party.

In accordance with the previous agreement, the other party removed the bloodline restriction on the jade slip inscribed with the Five Qi Dynasty Yuan Pill, so Su Mu could finally see the entire content of the pill recipe.

Su Mu checked it several times and confirmed that there was no omission in the elixir recipe and that Cai Tianhui had not done anything behind the scenes, so he put the jade slip away properly.

Even in Kunlu City, it is not the place to understand these secrets in detail.

Originally, Su Mu wanted to get together with Hu Jinpeng and others, but he didn't expect that they were out on business.

With Su Mu, a third-level alchemist with a close relationship, they changed their previous lazy style and became much more diligent during this period.

In this case, Su Mu left some messages for them, telling them that they were going back to Huoxi Island, and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, before he left Kunlu City, several Jindan monks came to his door again.

Now, Su Mu is a guest of Lingqiao Palace, and these monks have seen Su Mu's outstanding alchemy skills, and took advantage of this time to finally gather the spiritual materials needed for alchemy.

During the time when Su Mu left, their intestines were filled with regret.

After all the inquiries, I finally learned about Su Mu’s whereabouts.

Therefore, they came to the door in person and blocked Su Mu at the door.

"Fellow Taoists, what are you doing?" Su Mu asked, looking at their expectant eyes.

"I hope Master Sultan can help me refine a few batches of third-level elixirs."

In fact, for golden elixir monks, elixirs have a wide range of uses, not just for improving their cultivation.

There are some special secret methods that require the assistance of third-level elixirs.

After all, Su Mu is a third-level alchemist who can successfully refine external elixirs. Ordinary third-level elixirs are not a problem.

After several years of accumulation, Su Mu's reputation has not only spread far and wide, but at least within the boundaries of Kunlu City, it can be considered a small reputation.

Therefore, as soon as he returned to Kunlu City, he was blocked at the door by someone who was interested. It was actually natural.

On the other hand, it can be seen that the number of third-level alchemists is still far from meeting the various needs of golden elixir monks in the practice world.

Su Mu raised his head and took a few glances. Only one or two of these people looked familiar. Most of the others had no impression of them at all and had no idea of ​​their origins.

"Fellow Taoists, I am going out this time, and I have some urgent tasks in the palace. I am afraid that I will not have time to concentrate on refining the elixir. I would really feel uneasy if the spiritual materials that my fellow Taoists finally obtained were wasted."

In desperation, Su Mu had to decline the requests of everyone in front of him.

In fact, every time he helped refine a batch of third-level elixirs, Su Mu would gain a lot of benefits.

In this short period of time, Su Mu has collected all kinds of precious spiritual materials needed for an external elixir. It is not difficult to conclude that as long as he reaches the third level of alchemy master, his net worth will grow at an extremely fast rate.

However, there are some unwritten rules for alchemists.

These rules are based on experience gained by countless alchemists over thousands of years at great cost.

For example, generally speaking, alchemists accept alchemy commissions from acquaintances, not just any job.

Because most of the elixirs are meant to be taken, and the weird Taoist methods in the world of cultivation are hard to guard against. For high-level monks, unless they are made by a well-informed alchemist, ordinary elixirs are really difficult to detect. I dare not put it into my mouth easily.

Hundreds of years ago, there was a horrifying case. There was a skilled alchemist who secretly practiced evil magic skills in order to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. When he helped people refine the elixir, he planted some demonic seeds in the elixir, and the elixir was unknowingly removed. When people are lured into the path of demons, the roots of demons are sown deep.

Originally, this incident happened quietly and no one noticed it at all. Every time the alchemist infected a monk of the same level with the demon, his demonic power became deeper and deeper, and he grew into a feared demon king in a very short period of time. However, because he disguised himself very well, even if he did a lot of evil, , and was not noticed by others.

If he were allowed to continue hiding like this, he might actually have a chance to take the step of becoming a demon. Once he reaches that point, he may have the opportunity to refine an immortal demon soul and become a real demon.

Later, a golden elixir monk was too deeply possessed by the devil. When he was in seclusion, he mistakenly thought that a powerful enemy was invading, and accidentally slaughtered hundreds of disciples of the sect, large and small, causing a tragic human tragedy.

The truth was clear, and after repeated reconnaissance by several Nascent Soul monks, the alchemist was finally identified.

In order to capture him and bring him to justice, several major forces dispatched more than ten Yuanying monks. After several years of arrest and search, they successfully killed him at a huge cost.

From then on, the higher the level of the monks, the more taboo they were against casually consuming elixirs from unknown alchemists.

Over time, in order to cherish their own feathers, alchemists also developed an unwritten rule, that is, they would not easily refine elixirs for monks they did not know well.

Even though the cultivation world in the East China Sea has been at peace for a long time, in fact, it is far from being as calm and calm as it seems on the surface.

Even if the alchemist has not tampered with the elixir, he can easily be implicated once he is slandered or implicated.

It is much easier for an alchemist to earn spiritual stones than in other professions. There is really no need to hand over one's own safety and reputation for a little profit.

Although some monks introduced by acquaintances may be bribed by others, or that person may deliberately cause harm, but with this layer of protection, a lot of trouble can obviously be reduced.

It was precisely with this in mind that Su Mu had to decline these people's requests.

In fact, Su Mu has specifically pointed out that he is the guest of Lingqiao Palace, but anyone who knows the rules can naturally hear the hidden meaning.

As long as he finds an acquaintance to vouch for it, Su Mu will naturally accept the commission.

These people felt Su Mu's decisiveness and felt sorry for the spiritual materials they had finally collected. If they failed to get the elixir because Su Mu was not in good condition, it would be like trying to draw water from a bamboo basket.

Although the alchemist cannot produce the elixir and will compensate the other party for some losses according to the rules, most of the time it will be deducted with other spiritual materials. If it cannot be produced, it will be converted into spiritual stones.

The higher the level of spiritual materials, the more difficult it is to collect. Being able to gather together one or two furnaces of elixirs is already considered rare. If they can't get the elixir they want, they will cry to death.

Therefore, after hearing what Su Mu said, everyone basically said goodbye and left. Only two or three of them looked thoughtful.

After sending away the man seeking elixir, Su Mu did not leave immediately, but stayed in Kunlu City for a few more days.

He took advantage of this time to sort out some of his gains in recent years.

Not to mention, after deducting the expenses spent on refining the outer elixir, Su Mu still had some leftover.

Nowadays, his practice no longer relies solely on breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as before, and it has become normal to use pills to assist his practice.

Since the Qi and blood around his body flow like mercury, coupled with the rotation of the five Qi, his physical fitness is almost comparable to that of a Nascent Soul monk, so the erysipelas caused by taking the elixir has minimal effect on him.

With enough third-level elixirs, Su Mu's cultivation speed was completely different from before.

It stands to reason that once one reaches the middle stage of Golden Elixir, the speed of cultivation is no different than that of a tortoise. If one wants to reach the late stage of Golden Elixir, it will take at least several decades or more than a hundred years.

However, if Su Mu's estimate was followed, he would definitely not need such a long time.

However, what made Su Mu quite embarrassed was that during the few days he originally reserved, none of the people who left to seek alchemy came back.

"Is it possible that everyone was scared by me?"

Su Mu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

"Forget it, if that's the case, there's no need to wait here any longer."

Just when Su Mu made up his mind and was about to return to Huoxi Island, a monk came to visit him again.

This man seemed to be about the same age as Su Mu, but his cultivation level was only at the early stage of the Golden Core.

"Master Sudan, it's a good thing you didn't leave!"

Seeing Su Mu release the cave restrictions, Zhao Hengxia showed a smile on his face.

From the other party's clothes and behavior, it can be seen that this person's identity should be unusual, more like a pampered young master of the family.

At the age of more than a hundred years old, he can be promoted to the Golden Core stage, which shows that the other party's family background is quite extraordinary.

"you are?"

Su Mu had no impression of this person. He probably had never seen him before.

"My Excellency, Zhao Hengxia, heard that Master Sudan was good at refining gold and stone, so he came here specifically to ask for the elixir." Zhao Hengxia did not explain his family background, but he still said his name openly.

Su Mu thought about it and found that there seemed to be no famous Zhao family cultivating family near Kunlu City. It seemed that this person should have come from other places.

"Nice to meet you, nice to meet you, but Su is in urgent need of something, I'm afraid it won't be convenient for you to make elixirs during these days."

The other party came alone again, so Su Mu had to give out his previous excuse.

"Master Sudan, please be patient. Zhao knows some of your rules, so he found an intermediary to entrust him. However, she happened to be in Lingqiao Palace at this time and was unable to come with me, so I had to ask her to write it in her own hand. I’ll give you a letter of recommendation and ask the alchemist to read it.”

After finishing speaking, Zhao Hengxia handed over a letter.

Su Mu glanced at it and immediately saw a rather familiar layer of restrictions attached to the letter.

He pinched a few spells, and the restriction was suddenly opened.

"Prohibition of positive and negative five elements!"

Then, he took out the note in the letter and saw that the handwriting on it was neat and graceful, and he clearly explained the cause and effect in just a few words.

After seeing the signature on the back of the letter, Su Mu suddenly realized.

It turned out that this person was really introduced by Mu Yan.

The letter stated that Zhao Hengxia wanted to practice a kind of pupil technique, so he needed the assistance of third-level elixirs.

However, since this kind of elixir requires several kinds of spiritual minerals, it is extremely difficult for herbal alchemists, so they had to ask Su Mu for help.

"It turns out that Junior Sister Mu introduced Fellow Daoist Zhao here." After Su Mu read it, he put down the letter.

From Mu Yan's tone, Su Mu could confirm that the identity of Zhao Hengxia in front of him must be unusual.

However, what surprised Su Mu even more was the reason why Zhao Hengxia asked him to help him make alchemy.

"Eye Technique!"

In the Five Elements Secret Realm, Su Mu felt the power of Mu Yan's pupil technique at close range.

If possible, Su Mu would also like to have the Spiritual Eye Technique by his side, which would bring many conveniences no matter what he does.

However, unless a magical power like this is brought innately, or if you want to refine it the day after tomorrow, the difficulty is so high that ordinary people cannot bear it.

Lingqiao Palace also has a collection of two or three types of pupil skills training methods, but with Su Mu's current status, he still has no access to this type of inheritance.

However, even among those core disciples who have access to it, or people with real power, only one can achieve it.

It can be seen from this that the difficulty of practicing eye skills is not something that ordinary people can afford.

"I wonder what elixir Brother Zhao wants to refine? However, Su has some ugly things that I have to say in advance."

Since it was Mu Yan who introduced him, Su Mu naturally did not continue to decline the request.

Moreover, he really wanted to know more about the secrets of eye skills, maybe they could be used in the future.

"Master Sudan, it doesn't matter." Zhao Hengxia's expression remained unchanged.

"No matter what kind of pupil training it is, the difficulty is so high that there is no need for Su to emphasize it. However, I learned from Junior Sister Mu's introduction that the third-level elixir requested by Fellow Daoist Zhao requires the use of several kinds of spiritual minerals, but Is this happening?"

"It's true!" Zhao Hengxia admitted bluntly.

"Even though we Jindan monks have initially refined the Taoist body, our eyes are still one of our shields. Once they are damaged, it is likely to cause regrets. Especially among the elixirs that Fellow Daoist Zhao wants, the proportion of spiritual minerals Being so high, the quality requirements for elixirs must be different from other elixirs.

To be honest, the difficulty of refining such elixirs is even more difficult than that of external elixirs, so Su really can't guarantee that he can make it. "

(End of this chapter)